Liz started singing and playing music theatre at age 9 including early roles in Southern Lights an Austrlaian musical, Godspell, Anita in West Side Story, and Sally Bowles in Cabaret.  Professionally, Liz worked in the cabaret /theatre restaurant scene in Sydney as the leading lady in 5 consecutive 7 month productions which also toured the east coast of Australia and won her top industry awards.  These roles included Maid Marion in Robin Hood, Guinevere in Lancelot.

Whilest completing her diploma in Acting from the Actors College of Theatre and TV, in Sydney, Liz  worked as a professional session singer, both in the studio and doing gigs around town in small a cappella groups. (including music from african, gospel, funk, jazz and  world music traditons). Liz toured the black churches in the Southern States of America (New Orleans; Memphis and Birmingham) to get a feel for gospel music first hand and has sung both as a solist and choirist with some of the great gospel choirs.

In 1998, Liz decided to leave her musical comedy and pop music roots (and her country) to further develop her voice by studying opera and classical voice in Europe.

In 2004, after Liz had completed a section of her classical and operatic studies in London (with David Harper and the English National Opera (ENO),  she moved to Paris, with her french husband Albert, and was offered  the job of relaunching and directing  the Music Theatre Programme at V.L.A.N an association in Noisiel, where liz to this current day directs and teaches young enthusiastics the art and craft of Music Theatre.

Liz relaunced the programme in sept 2004, and directed their first hit show, "Grease", followed by a show in 2006 inspired by "A Chorus Line", "What I Did for Love", which she wrote for the group, and encompasses a variety of different Broadway styles. In 2007, Liz directed "Les Miserables" (in french), where the school was joined by a 70 piece choir and conservatorium orchestra for the VLAN production.

Inquire at the : Auditorium Jean Cocteau, 34 bis cours des roches, Noisiel.

Reservations : +33 (0)1 70 00 36 58 for future show dates.

Liz is passionate about bringing the joy and energy of Broadway  to Paris and be a part of producing uplifting musicals for all to enjoy.

She is currently residing between Paris and New York.

If you are not having fun, it is not music theatre… 

Liz Strickland

As a singer, Liz regularily visits London  to work with West End’s Mark Meylan and  also has coaching sessions Robert Marks on Broadway in NYC.

Liz produces Robert Mark’s Masterclasses in Paris, where students and professionals alike, have the chance to work one on one with one of Broadway’s top coaches today.

Liz is also currently producing and co-writing a new musical which will be previewed later in NYC.

With her husband Albert, Liz is currently doing a documentary about the intimate life of Broadway and how shows are put  together .  « Life in the Cabaret » is a fly on the wall documentary  and follows the life of a show from beginning to end.

Liz also has a private studio where she teaches music theatre singing and coaches  to students of all levles.

To contact Liz for a lesson, join her Music Theatre cast at Noisiel, (near Paris) or any other related music theatre queries, contact her directly through this e-mail address.

liz_strickland@hotmail.com
liz@lalitaroopa.com